Sib Hashian
August 17, 1949 - March 22, 2017
Saddened to hear the news of the passing of Boston drummer Sib Hashian.
Hashian was performing onstage as part of The Legends of Rock Cruise when he suddenly collapsed. Unfortunately, efforts made to resuscitate him failed. The Legends of Rock Cruise which began on March 18th will continue and include musicians performing tributes to Hashian today.
Hashian was recruited by Boston founder Tom Scholz in 1975 when a drummer was needed to present a live showcase for Epic Records to land a deal. Hashian joined Boston and appeared on their massively successful self-titled debut album, as well as on the follow-up, "Don't Look Back," which had combined sales of over 24 million copies.

He laid down some great tasteful drum parts on that first Boston album.

Actually, Sib was playing the parts note-for-note that Jim Masdea performed on the demos that Tom submitted to the record label. It's been rumored that Tom used some of the drum tracks from the demos and didn't recut them. Only Tom knows for sure. Not to take anything away from Sib, though. He did all the drums on Don't Look Back.

Definitely a rock and roll way to check out.

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